5[Side text: A new series begins!!]Masaki: Here goes, old lady! / You hold on tight now!OldLady: Whoo~~~~~~~!♪Masaki: *pant* *pant* *pant*OldLady: Thank you ever so much... // Young boys these days can be so nice...Masaki: ......... // ...Hahah... // (The name's Oosawa Masaki.)

6Footballer: Hey~! / You, guy over there! Could you kick our ball back over here~? // ............ // Whoa... you're incredible! // I was sure I'd checked all the guys in the school, as well...! // [aside]Truly, I have failed! I should just die now![/aside]RandomGuy: Ah - Senpai, there's something you should...Masaki: (A second-year in middle school as of this Spring.)

7Teacher: Hey, you - over there! // Where's your uniform?!Masaki: Still not arrived.Teacher: Ohh... // So that was you, was it? // Hahahah! Hey, don't worry yourself! // I'm sure once your uniform arrives, you'll be able to be at least a little attractive! // Hmmm... then again, maybe not, huh?! // Nguahh!Masaki: (I may look like this...)

8Masaki: DON'T YOU GO FUCKIN' FEELIN' ME UP!!Teacher: I'm sorry...Masaki: Jesus... / Every freakin' one of 'em... // (But I'm actually..................... // ...a girl.)[TN: Yep, that's right. And for the record, she speaks in EXTREMELY masculine Japanese, though it's difficult to get across in translation =p]

9Yui: Morning, Masaki!Masaki: Yui!Yui: The uniform's still not arrived, huh?Hamada: Hahahah, well, it figures, doesn't it! // If you asked for a new one, they'd just end up sending you a guy's uniform! // That's so like you!Masaki: Gawd, that asshole... / Pisses me off...Yui: Oh, Hamada-kun only does that because he likes you, you know...Masaki: Whaaa...?!Yui: I do hope that uniform comes soon though, don't you?Masaki: Like I care...

10Masaki: 'S easier just wearing a jersey... hell, if they'd let me, I'd just wear this forever!Yui: Oh, dear... // Ah...! // Just a minute, okay? // Hiroki~! Here's your bento~!Hiroki: Oh! / Thanks for that, Yui. // Ah - !Yui: Ehehe!Hiroki: Why, you~!Yui: You'll have to catch me first~!Hiroki: Oh, you just wait~~~!Masaki: ......... // I dunno how you two can pull that crap every freakin' morning... Hell, you've been at it for like half a year now, right?Yui: I guess we've just got used to it!

11Masaki: Y'know, back when we were kids... / ...when we practised cooking... / ...the two of us managed to blow up an oven that one time, didn't we!Yui: Oh, yes...!Masaki: Yeah, and back then... / You were all "I'm never going to cook again! Screw that!" You went crazy...Yui: Eheh...Masaki: And look how you ended up, huh?Yui: Well, you know, Masaki... the thing about us girls... // ...is that when we find someone we like... // ...we want to change, for their sake!

12Masaki: Ahhhhhh, man... / Even you went an' ended up as just another girl, huh... // [aside]wha~tever...[/aside]Yui: "Just another girl"...Masaki: "When we find someone we like"... huh...Teacher: Oosawa-kun?Masaki: [aside]"Kun"...[/aside] // Not a clue... // Move it, move it, move it! // (Like that's got anything to do with me.)

13Masaki: (Everyone's always treated me like a guy.) // And pa~ss! (Nobody actually thinks of me as a girl...)RandomGirl: Ahhh...Teacher: You're up against girls there, so show a little restraint, yeah?People: [aside]hahahahaha[/aside]RandomGirl: [aside]it hu~~rts![/aside]Masaki: (Girls... huh. // Well... this is where it all started.][Sign: Osawa Style Karate Dojo]Masaki: (This is... my house.)

14Father: Come on, Masaki! / Drop those hips already!! // Don't you start getting sloppy just because you took world-champion last year!Masaki: Right!Students: He never lets up with that Spartan training style of his, huh? // Well, Masaki's special, you know... // Entered her first tournament in the third grade of primary school... / ...and even though she was entered as a male, she smashed the opposition to pieces. // You don't waste genius like that.Father: Take a good look, Masaki! // Watch, and learn!

15Father: You don't receive, deflect, and then strike... // You do all three at once! // All in one beat!Masaki: OSU!!Father: That's the way!

16Masaki: (I don't even remember when it began, but every day for me is karate, karate, karate.)Masaki: Old man~~!Father: That's right, Misaki! / You eat up good!Masaki: Not that, dammit...! / How long are you gonna keep making me get changed with the men, huh?!Father: Masaki... if you live your life as a man, then eventually your body too will...Masaki: LIKE HELL IT WILL!!

17Hiroto: Aniki... / Are you really gonna start making out like you're a girl at this stage? // Check it out. It's my girlfriend, Mari-chan. // Now, this is what you call a girl.Kouya: And hey, Masaki... / Don't forget, you're the one and only girl who's been accepted as a man into our men-only dojo. // Hell, you should be proud!Hiroto: [aside]...Aniki, your rice...[/aside]Father: Anyway, don't worry! I intend to establish a unisex, non-discriminating system for your sake! // So you just put in the effort, and it will all be fine! // [aside]Hahahahahahahah![/aside]

18Masaki: Like hell it will!Father: Excellent strike!Masaki: (It looks like these idiots...)Family: [aside]hahahahahahahah![/aside]Masaki: (...don't even want to accept that I am a girl any more... // ...Ugh. // Every damn one of 'em...)Dream!Guy: ...So what was it you wanted?Dream!Masaki: W...Well...... // Y... Yoshimitsu...

19Dream!Masaki: I... / I... I...! // I... really... like...[TN: She's using the feminine "atashi" for "I" here, instead of her usual masculine "ore", which is kind of the whole point of the scene, but it doesn't translate... at all. ~_~]Dream!Guy: pfft... // h... h... // hahahahahahah! // The hell, Masaki? // What, are you trying... // ...to act like a girl or something?

20Masaki: (Man, that was a screwed-up dream...) // Mother... // Will I... // ...ever be able to be a girl...?

29Masaki: (I've never... // ...had a guy take me by the hand like that before...)Yui: ?Masaki: (Ah - !)

30Masaki: (Crap...! // I...... never even asked him his name, or anything...! // He... wasn't even wearing a uniform... // So I haven't got a single clue who the hell he might be... // Shit... // Shit, shit, shit! Am I never gonna be able to see the guy again?! // ......Wait...) // Ahh! // THAT'S IT~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!Teacher: Oh! / Oosawa-kun... correct answer!

31Masaki: H... // Hey... // (Damn... this is embarrassing... // But if I ask this question... // I might... be able to...)

32Masaki: H... Hey... Those... those shoe things you've got... Wh... What are they? // ...Wait... // SHE'S GONE!Girls: Masaki... / Were you talking to Katakura-san just then?Masaki: Katakura......Girls: You know, she just transferred in here this April, but she hasn't spoken to a single person! / She's got looks, but she's pretty creepy, so I wouldn't bother with her if I were you.Masaki: Huh... // Wait, why am I just standing around~~~~~~~~~?! // WAIT UP~~~~!

33Masaki: JUST LISTEN TO ME FOR A SECOND~~~~! // You're not losing me that easy!Saaya: (That's some speed...)

35Masaki: I've... got... you... now......... // I just... wanted to ask you about that thing you're carrying. // So c'mon... what is it?Saaya; (Don't tell me... // ...this kid actually followed me all this way...? I cycled for over twenty minutes...)[Sign: Skating Rink]Saaya: Hah... // Does that really matter?! // Bye now~~!

36Masaki: HOW HARD DO YOU THINK I WORKED TO GET THIS FAR, DAMN IT?!Coach: Skates.Masaki: ...Huh?Coach: That bag. // It's for keeping skates in.Masaki: Skates...Coach: Yup. // Say... / Do you do any kind of sports? // I mean, I'd say it takes quite a bit of courage to leap down from up there. // And from the sounds of it, you ran all the way here from Saaya's school, to boot.Masaki: What are these... "skates"?Coach: (I'm being ignored...) // .........

38Masaki: It's... beautiful...Coach: This is called a rink. It's made out of ice.Masaki: So that's why it's so cold... // Ah... // Man, that's a pretty cute little outfit she's got on.Coach: Well, she has a tournament coming up. // That's why she's practising in costume.

39Masaki: (Man, she's lucky... // I mean, when I dress up for a tournament, I'm like...)[TN: The label on the uniform says "Masaki", but with ridiculously manly kanji... two of them mean "demon"... ~_~][BackgroundKanji: OOOSU!]Masaki: (...that...)

40Masaki: Wow... / She really... // ...looks like she's having fun!Coach: Well, of course. // Saaya loves figure skating more than anything.Masaki: (Figure skating...) // Huh... // And to think, just a minute or two ago she was all like THIS... / [aside]seriously, just like this.[/aside]Coach: [aside]are eyes even supposed to do that...?[/aside] // When you step onto the ice, you enter another world.

42Coach: All right! / Why don't you give it a try?Masaki: Wha - ?Coach: Well, you did follow Saaya all the way here... / Don't worry, I'll lend you the shoes.Masaki: ............ // (I could...... // ...be like that...)

43Saaya: (What is that kid doing here...?)Masaki: Ahhh!Coach: (So you've never set foot on the ice before, hmm...? // Now then... // With that athletic talent of yours... // How far will you be able to go?)

44Masaki: All right! // Let's give this a go! // Ahhh... // Hey... / How do you actually do this...? // Tch......

47Masaki: Hahah... // (Wow... // Aren't I...)Flashback!Girl: Ahhh...Masaki: (...just like a girl right now? // Can this "skating"... // ...actually make a girl out of me...?! // Ahh... // If that guy was here right now...)Fantasy!Masaki: Owwww~!Fantasy!Kaoru: Hey... // Are you all right?Masaki: [aside]eheheh![/aside]

48Masaki: (Man, I wish... // To have that feeling again...!!)Coach: (What on Earth...? // That's a powerful body... // Not an easy body to injure, that's for sure.)Saaya: [aside]hmph...[/aside] // (What does the coach see in a brat like that...? // All right, so the raw strength is there... // But figure skating is an art form on the silver surface! // And that brat... // ...doesn't have the slightest shred of art!)Masaki: !

53Coach: What's wrong?Masaki: (Shit... if I stay here, he's gonna see me...! // I have to get out of here!) // ......... // All right!Coach: ...Wha?! // What are you doing? You're going to smash straight into the fence!

58Masaki: (If I want... // ...to be able to hold that hand once more... // I don't want it to be like before... // If I can stay here... and learn to skate like that... // Learn to skate properly... like a real girl...)